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Call for Papers Theme: Cosmopolitanism and Philosophy in a Cosmopolitan Sense Type: International Colloquium Institution: Institute for Advanced Study, New Europe College Location: Bucharest (Romania) Date: 21.–22.10.2011 Deadline: 15.7.2011 __________________________________________________ As an emerging field, cosmopolitanism has drawn much attention in recent years from a wide range of disciplines, located within the humanities, the social and political sciences, and beyond. However, this seems to be, in some respects, merely a late revival of an old – both ancient and modern – idea that has been overshadowed by the intermezzo of nationalism. All along this revival of thought, we may notice the recurrence of references to the Kantian philosophical tradition, highlighted by authors like Hannah Arendt, Jürgen Habermas or John Rawls. The thematic range of this new cosmopolitanism – signaled by such topics as global justice, transnationalism, world civil society or global publics – seems in its turn to be intimately related with the Kantian core of this tradition. In this light, the special role attributed to philosophy by this thread of modernity becomes important once more: in a globally public use of reason, the dialogue beyond any local universalism is shaped by philosophy. Namely, philosophy – understood cosmopolitically, qua the free public use of reason, as against mere doctrine, or school philosophy – is the habitus that prepares the terrain for any rational debate, and hence, for any reflected cosmopolitan attitude. We invite scholars from a variety of fields concerned with cosmopolitanism; we expect an exchange of ideas within and between both contemporary cosmopolitanism and the cosmopolitan tradition. The tentative date of this colloquium is October 21-22, 2011. Colleagues interested in participating are kindly asked to send us a brief proposal (title and an abstract of about 300 words, please use rtf or pdf) describing the nature of their contribution, before the 15th of July, 2011. Selected participants will be requested to submit the full paper of their presentation (2000-4000 words, please use rtf) until the 30th of September, 2011; the papers will be published in the conference proceedings volume. The proposals should be sent to the initiators of this event, to the address: [email protected] and/or [email protected] Participation is free of charge. Organizers: Tamara Cărăuș, Dan Lazea, Camil Alexandru Pârvu, Áron Telegdi-Csetri Contact: Áron Telegdi-Csetri, PhD Institute for Advanced Study New Europe College Plantelor str. 21 023971 Bucharest Romania Tel: +40 77 1041047 Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.nec.ro/fundatia/proiecte/p261_colloquium.htm __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
